To the Members of IFLA
Dear Colleagues,
Herewith the Executive Board of IFLA has the pleasure of submitting the convening notice of the 63rd IFLA Council and General Conference and a number of supporting documents.
The Council will be held at the Bella Center/Copenhagen Congress Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Council Meetings are scheduled for Sunday, 31 August, 14:00-18:00 and Friday, 5 September, 15:00-18:00.
Any Member which failed to receive the Certificate 1997 after payment of the dues is requested to inform the IFLA Secretariat.
The relevant articles of the Statutes and Rules of Procedure read:
Enclosures with items (6 [yellow]) and (11 [green])
Nominated: Christine Deschamps and Marianne Scott
For curricula vitae of the candidates, see the yellow annex.
Candidates for the Presidency will (in alphabetical order) address Council for five minutes each.
For curricula vitae of the candidates, see the green annex.
Candidates for the Executive Board will be introduced to Council.
Rules of Procedure, Art. 2.1.9
Motions
A motion is a proposal that the Council take certain action or that it express itself as holding certain views.
A motion must be seconded.
A motion can be made from the floor in a Council meeting, but must at the same time be handed over to the Chairman in writing.
A motion is only to be made and seconded by
Rules of Procedure, Art. 2.1.10
Resolutions
(i) Two types of resolutions are distinguished:
Notification of the deadline for the submittance of resolutions will be given by the Secretary General with the convening notice of the Council and General Conference.
(ii) A General Resolution is defined as a written statement aiming at a decision ("be it resolved").
(iii) A Professional Resolution is defined as a written statement indicating an intention or a position which needs further clarification by one of IFLA's professional steering bodies before any follow-up can be expected.
A Professional Resolution needs no second and can have any form. On a Professional Resolution follows in general no discussion, although clarification can be sought/given at the discretion of the Chairman.
A Professional Resolution can be submitted by
| Christine Deschamps | ||
|---|---|---|
| a) | ABF (Association des Bibliothécaires Français) (France) | (FR-0002) |
| b) | ADBS (Association des professionnels de l'information et de la documentation) (France) | (FR-0004) |
| c) | Die Deutsche Bibliothek (Germany) | (DE-1016) |
| d) | M.I. Rudomino All Russia State Library for Foreign Literature (Russia) | (RU-1004) |
| e) | OCLC Library (USA) | (US-1047) | f) | ADBU (Association des Directeurs de Bibliothèques Universitaires) (France) | (FR-0001) | g) | ICCU (Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico delle Biblioteche Italiane e per le Informazioni Bibliografiche) (Italy) | (IT-1005) | h) | FADBEN (Fédération des Associations de Enseignants Documentalistes de l'Education Nationale) (France) | (FR-0006) | i) | Verein deutscher Bibliothekare e.V. (Germany) | (DE-0001) | j) | Université Catholique de Louvain, Bibliothèque générale et de Sciences humaines, (Belgium) | (BE-1020) | k) | ASBAD (Association sénégalaise des bibliothécaires, archivistes et documentalistes) (Senegal) | (SN-0002) | l) | INIST (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique) (France) | (FR-1021) | m) | Magyar Könyvtárosok Egyesülete/Association of Hungarian Librarians (Hungary) | (HU-0001) | n) | ASCUBI (Library Association of Cuba) (Cuba) | (CU-0001) | o) | SKIP (Svaz knihovníkù a informacních pracovníkù CR/Association of Czech Library & Information Professionals) (Czech Republic) | (CZ-0003) | p) | Russian Library Association (Russia) | (RU-0002) | q) | ABCDEF (Switzerland) | (CH-8) | r) | National Library of Medicine, TSD Serial Records (USA) | (US-1015) | s) | Bibliothèque Nationale de France (France) | (FR-1014) | t) | Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Spezialbibliotheken e.V. Geschäftsstelle (Germany) | (DE-0005) | u) | Medical Library Association, Inc. (USA) | (US-0003) | v) | Associazione Italiana Biblioteche (Italy) | (IT-0001) | w) | Verein der Diplom Bibliothekare an wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken e.V. (Germany) | (DE-0003) | x) | VBB (Verein der Bibliothekare an Öffentlichen Bibliotheken e.V.) (Germany) | (DE-0006) | y) | EAHIL (European Association for Health Information and Libraries) (Belgium) | (BE-8000) |
| Marianne Scott | ||
|---|---|---|
| a) | National Archives of Canada, Library (Canada) | (CA-1022) |
| b) | BIEF (Banque internationale d'information sur les Etats francophones) (Canada) | (CA-1011) |
| c) | Canadian Library Association (Canada) | (CA-0005) |
| d) | Canadian Association of Research Libraries/Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada (Canada) | (CA-0007) |
| e) | Special Libraries Association (USA) | (US-0007) |
| f) | Library of Congress, Office of the Associate Librarian for Library Services (USA) | (US-1121) |
| g) | Library of Parliament (Canada) | (CA-1018) |
| h) | University of the West Indies, Library (Jamaica) | (JM-1004) |
| i) | Canadian Council of Library Schools/Le Conseil Canadien des Ecoles de Bibliothéconomie (Canada) | (CA-0008) |
| j) | The British Library (UK) | (GB-1023) |
| k) | Association of Research Libraries (USA) | (CA-0016) |
| l) | Jamaica Library Association (Jamaica) | (JM-0001) |
| m) | IDRC (International Development Research Centre, Library) (Canada) | (CA-1016) |
| n) | Danmarks Forskningsbiblioteksforening (Denmark) | (DK-0003) |
| o) | Det Kongelige Bibliotek/The Royal Library (Denmark) | (DK-1011) |
| p) | American Library Association (USA) | (US-0002) |
| q) | National Library of Australia (Australia) | (AU-1008) |
| r) | ASTED (Association pour l'Avancement des Sciences et des Techniques de la Documentation) (Canada) | (CA-0002) |
| s) | American Association of Law Libraries (USA) | (US-0001) |
| t) | Biblioteca Nacional de Venezuela, Calle Paris con Caroni, Edificio Macanao (Venezuela) | (VA-1001) |
| Ekaterina U. Genieva | ||
|---|---|---|
| a) | Die Deutsche Bibliothek (Germany) | (DE-1016) |
| b) | Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia) | (RU-1001) |
| c) | Russian Library Association (Russia) | (RU-0002) |
| d) | National Library of Russia (Russia) | (RU-1002) |
| e) | Bibliothèque de l'Université René Descartes Paris V (France) | (FR-1003) |
| f) | Russian State Library (Russia) | (RU-1003) |
| g) | Republican Medical Library Information Centre (Tatarstan, Rep. of) | (RU-1038) |
| h) | V.V. Maykovsky Central Universal Library (Russia) | (RU-1022) |
| i) | National Diet Library (Japan) | (JP-1004) |
| j) | Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology (Russia) | (RU-1007) |
| k) | International Association of Research, Scientific and Technical Libraries (Russia) | (RU-8000) |
| l) | St Petersburg Theatre Library (Russia) | (RU-1018) |
| m) | American Library Association (USA) | (US-0002) |
| n) | Biblioteca Philosophica Hermetica (Netherlands) | (NL-1054) |
| o) | Bryansk F.I. Tjutchev Regional Scientific Library (Russia) | (RU-1037) |
| p) | ADBS (Association des professionnels de l'information et de la documentation) (France) | (FR-0004) |
| q) | Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu/National Library of Estonia (Estonia) | (EE-1000) |
| r) | ABF (Association des Bibliothécaires Français) (France) | (FR-0002) |
| Nancy R. John | ||
|---|---|---|
| a) | American Library Association (USA) | (US-0002) |
| b) | American Association of Law Libraries (USA) | (US-1001) |
| c) | Special Libraries Association (USA) | (US-0007) |
| d) | University of Illinois at Chicago, University Library (M/C 234) (USA) | (US-1035) |
| e) | NIWA (Namibian Information Workers Association) (Namibia) | (NA-0001) |
| f) | Japan Library Association (Japan) | (JP-0002) |
| g) | Medical Library Association, Inc. (USA) | (US-0003) |
| h) | Botswana Library Association (Botswana) | (BW-0001) |
| i) | Association of Research Libraries (USA) | (US-0006) |
| j) | Russian Library Association (Russia) | (RU-0002) |
| k) | Australian Library and Information Association (Australia) | (AU-0001) |
| l) | ALISE (Association for Library & Info. Science Education) (USA) | (US-0004) |
| m) | M.I. Rudomino All Russia State Library for Foreign Literature (Russia) | (RU-1004) |
| Derek Law | ||
|---|---|---|
| a) | British Library of Political and Economic Science (UK) | (GB-1024) |
| b) | The Library Association (UK) | (GB-0001) |
| c) | Botswana Library Association (Botswana) | (BW-0001) |
| d) | EAHIL (European Association for Health Information and Libraries) (Belgium) | (BE-8000) |
| e) | The British Council (UK) | (GB-1059) |
| f) | The British Library, Research & Development Department (UK) | (GB-1023) |
| g) | Association of Research Libraries (USA) | (US-0006) |
| h) | American Library Association (USA) | (US-0002) |
| i) | National Library of Australia (Australia) | (AU-1008) |
| j) | Magyar Könyvtárosok Egyesülete/Association of Hungarian Librarians (Hungary) | (HU-0001) |
| k) | National Library of Medicine, TSD Serial Records (USA) | (US-1015) |
| l) | Australian Library and Information Association (Australia) | (AU-0001) |
| m) | ABF (Association des Bibliothécaires Français) (France) | (FR-0002) |
| n) | ADBS (Association des professionnels de l'information et de la documentation) (France) | (FR-0004) |
| Klaus-Dieter Lehmann | ||
|---|---|---|
| a) | Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Spezialbibliotheken e.V. Geschäftsstelle (Germany) | (DE-0005) |
| b) | Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania (Lithuania) | (LT-1000) |
| c) | Nasjonalbiblioteket/National Library of Norway (Norway) | (NO-1020) |
| d) | Liechtensteinische Landesbibliothek (Liechtenstein) | (LI-1000) |
| e) | St. St. Cyril and Methodius' National Library (Bulgaria) | (BG-1004) |
| f) | Deutscher Bibliotheksverband e.V. (Germany) | (DE-0002) |
| g) | Library of Congress (USA) | (US-1121) |
| h) | Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu/National Library of Estonia (Estonia) | (EE-1000) |
| i) | Russian Library Association (Russia) | (RU-0002) |
| j) | Verein der Diplom Bibliothekare an wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken e.V. (Germany) | (DE-0003) |
| k) | National Library of Russia (Russia) | (RU-1002) |
| l) | Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Austria) | (AT-1004) |
| m) | Národní knihovna Ceské republiky/National Library of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic) | (CZ-1002) |
| n) | Eesti Raamatukoguhoidjate Ühing / Estonian Librarians Association (Estonia) | (EE-0001) |
| o) | Verein deutscher Bibliothekare e.V. (Germany) | (DE-0001) |
| p) | Danish National Library Authority (Denmark) | (DK-1014) |
| q) | Slovenská národná kniznica Matica slovenská/ Slovak National Library (Slovakia) | (SK-1001) |
| r) | Narodna in univerzitetna knjiznica v Ljubljani/National and University Library in Ljubljana (Slovenia) | (SI-1004) |
| s) | Országos Széchényi Könyvtár/Hungarian National Library (Hungary) | (HU-1002) |
| t) | Biblioteka Narodowa/National Library (Poland) | (PL-1000) |
| u) | National Library of Canada/Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, (Canada) | (CA-1021) |
| v) | Verband der Bibliotheken des Landes Nordrhein Westfalen e.V. (Germany) | (DE-0004) |
| w) | Danmarks Forskningsbiblioteksforening (Denmark) | (DK-0003) |
| x) | Det Kongelige Bibliotek/The Royal Library (Denmark) | (DK-1011) |
| y) | Bibliothèque Nationale de France (France) | (FR-1014) |
| z) | National Library of Australia (Australia) | (AU-1008) |
| aa) | Magyar Könyvtárosok Egyesülete/Association of Hungarian Librarians (Hungary) | (HU-0001) |
| ab) | Zveza bibliotekarskih drustev Slovenije/Library Association of Slovenia (Slovenia) | (SI-0001) |
| ac) | M.I. Rudomino All Russia State Library for Foreign Literature (Russia) | (RU-1004) |
| ad) | Associazione Italiana Biblioteche (Italy) | (IT-0001) |
| ae) | (ADBS), Association des professionnels de l'information et de la documentation (France) | (FR-0004) |
| af) | Finnish Research Library Association (Finland) | (FI-0001) |
| ag) | Association des Bibliothécaires Français (France) | (FR-0002) |
| Jerónimo Martínez González | ||
|---|---|---|
| a) | FESABID (Federación Española de Sociedades de Archivística, Biblioteconomía y Documentación) (Spain) | (ES-0003) |
| b) | Biblioteca de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Biblioteca (Spain) | (ES-1029) |
| c) | ANABAD (Asociación Española de Archiveros, Bibliotecarios, Museólogos y Documentalistas) (Spain) | (ES-0001) |
| d) | CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Unidad de Coordinacion de Bibliotecas) (Spain) | (ES-1017) |
| e) | Escola Universitària Jordi Rubió i Balaguer, Escola Universitària de Biblioteconomia i Documentació (Spain) | (ES-1002) |
| f) | Parlamento de Andalucía, Servicio de Biblioteca (Spain) | (ES-1043) |
| g) | Parlamento de Canarias, Servicio de Documentación, Biblioteca y Archivo (Spain) | (ES-1037) |
| h) | Diputació de Barcelona, Servei de Bibliotheques (Spain) | (ES-1020) |
| i) | Banco de España, Biblioteca (Spain) | (ES-1006) |
| j) | Universidad de Cantabria, Biblioteca Universitaria, Edificio Interfacultativo (Spain) | (ES-1022) |
| k) | Biblioteca Universitaria (Spain) | (ES-1034) |
| l) | Biblioteca Municipal Mário de Andrade (Brazil) | (BR-1007) |
| m) | Parlament de Catalunya, Biblioteca (Spain) | (ES-1004) |
| n) | Asociación Andaluza de Bibliotecarios (Spain) | (ES-0004) |
| o) | Servei de Biblioteques i del Patrimoni Bibliogràfic, Generalitat de Catalunya (Spain) | (ES-1019) |
| p) | Biblioteca Nacional (Spain) | (ES-1007) |
| q) | Eusko Legebiltzarra, Parlamento Vasco, Biblioteca (Spain) | (ES-1036) |
| r) | Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliográficas, Biblioteca Nacional de México (Mexico) | (MX-1009) |
| s) | Asamblea Regional de Cantabria (Spain) | (ES-1039) |
| t) | Col.legi Oficial de Bibliotecaris Documentalistes de Catalunya (Spain) | (ES-0002) |
| u) | Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, Generalitat de Catalunya (Spain) | (ES-1014) |
| v) | Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Centro de Investigaciones Bibliotecológicas (Argentina) | (AR-1002) |
| w) | ASCUBI (Library Association of Cuba) (Cuba) | (CU-0001) |
| x) | Biblioteca de Catalunya (Spain) | (ES-1003) |
| y) | Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Centre Julio Gonzalez, Biblioteca (Spain) | (ES-1024) |
| Helen Kay Raseroka | ||
|---|---|---|
| a) | Special Libraries Association (USA) | (US-0007) |
| b) | ASCUBI (Library Association of Cuba) (Cuba) | (CU-0001) |
| c) | Biblioteca Nacional de Venezuela, Calle Paris con Caroni, Edificio Macanao (Venezuela) | (VE-1001) |
| d) | Botswana Library Association (Botswana) | (BW-0001) |
| e) | Moi University, Margaret Thatcher Library (Kenya) | (KE-1003) |
| f) | Russian Library Association (Russia) | (RU-0002) |
| g) | American Library Association (USA) | (US-0002) |
| h) | South African Library (South Africa) | (ZA-1002) |
| i) | State Library (South Africa) | (ZA-1014) |
| j) | Botswana Technology Centre, Library (Botswana) | (BW-1003) |
| k) | LAE (Library Assembly of Euroasia) (Russia) | (RU-8001) |
| l) | Sveriges Allmänna Biblioteksförening/Swedish Library Association (Sweden) | (SE-0001) |
| m) | Jamaica Library Association (Jamaica) | (JM-0001) |
| n) | Svenska Bibliotekariesamfundet (Sweden) | (SE-0002) |
| o) | National Library of Canada/Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, (Canada) | (CA-1021) |
| p) | The Library Association (UK) | (GB-0001) |
| q) | National Library of Australia (Australia) | (AU-1008) |
| r) | University of Swaziland, Library (Swaziland) | (SZ-1001) |
| s) | ADBS (Association des professionnels de l'information et de la documentation) (France) | (FR-0004) |
| t) | Australian Library and Information Association (Australia) | (AU-0001) |
| u) | Association des Bibliothécaires Français (France) | (FR-0002) |
| Altinay Sernikli | ||
|---|---|---|
| a) | Turkish Grand National Assembly Library & Doc. Center/TBMM Kütüphane ve Dokümantasyon Merkezi (Turkey) | (TR-1001) |
| b) | Hacettepe University Libraries (Turkey) | (TR-1004) |
| c) | Koç University, Library (Turkey) | (TR-1015) |
| d) | Bogaziçi University Library (Turkey) | (TR-1006) |
| Shmuel Sever | ||
|---|---|---|
| a) | Jewish National and University Library (Israel) | (IL-1006) |
| b) | National Library of Russia (Russia) | (RU-1002) |
| c) | ADBS (Association des professionnels de l'information et de la documentation) (France) | (FR-0004) |
| Sun Beixin | ||
|---|---|---|
| a) | Fudan University, Library (China) | (CN-1007) |
| b) | National Library of China (China) | (CN-1003) |
| c) | (CSLS), China Society for Library Science (China) | (CN-0001) |
| d) | CPC Central Committee Party School, Library (China) | (CN-1028) |
| e) | Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China) | (CN-1001) |
| f) | Library of Tsinghua University (China) | (CN-1002) |
| g) | M.I. Rudomino All Russia State Library for Foreign Literature (Russia) | (RU-1004) |
| h) | Shanghai Library (China) | (CN-1008) |
| i) | National Diet Library (Japan) | (JP-1004) |
| j) | Library and Information Science Department, Peking University (China) | (CN-1000) |
| k) | Library of the Renmin University of China (China) | (CN-1024) |
| l) | Japan Library Association (Japan) | (JP-0002) |
| m) | The Library Association (UK) | (GB-0001) |
| n) | National Library of Australia (Australia) | (AU-1008) |
| o) | (ADBU), Association des Directeurs de Bibliothèques Universitaires (France) | (FR-0001) |
| p) | Australian Library and Information Association (Australia) | (AU-0001) |